Steampunk Doc Explores Vintage Tomorrows

"...a dinner invite. Filmmaker Byrd McDonald knew nothing about steampunk, but after one meal, he was on a path..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Science Fiction Gets the Vapors

On steampunk

"...inhabitants of this brave new world – welcome to steampunk...."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Feel Steamy, Punk?

Gnap! Theatre improvisers goggle themselves in a new show.

"...Steampunk. You've heard the word. You've seen the aesthetic. Right?..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"The Impossible Winterbourne: AlphaBots" at Ao5 Gallery

I, for one, welcome our totes adorbs steampunk overlords

"...even when retconned into the past for reasons called "steampunk."..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds Austin Goes Intergalactic, Intercontinental

Steampunk, time travel, and zombie comedy join the fest

"...comedy, a kid-friendly addition, and a new documentary on steampunk...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tesla vs. Edison? Live And With Sparks A-Flying?

Yes: It's the Showdown at Unobtainium, coming soon

"...It's gonna be a big honkin' steampunk hullaballoo, O my droogs...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Angry Birds Movie

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a game! It's a movie!

"...than testy. Until, that is, the pigs arrive in steampunk pirate vessels led by Leonard (Hader). What’s up with..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sucker Punch

In this visually compelling but narratively bankrupt action fantasy, an institutionalized young girl finds escape through her vivid imagination.

"...see? A creatively bankrupt succession of fetishy bromides – steampunk, Asimov, medieval times, and (personal fave!) a woman in..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

9

9 is a beautifully and imaginatively animated fable, whose vague story about social cooperation is not equal to its visual grandeur.

"...sort of – societal cooperation and the virtues of steampunk stitchery over cyberpunk soldering. Or maybe not. It's hard..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

"...a dirtied delight), a 12-year-old orphan living in a steampunk universe parallel to Oxford, England, whose fate – which..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

"...that evokes the purposely vague, industrial-era setting, equal parts steampunk and Jules Verne. Of particular note are the leviathan,..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bats of the Republic

An arcane tapestry of alternate cowboy history and steampunk sci-fi in a multitextured graphic package

"...a swath of alternate cowboy history and a postapocalyptically steampunk American future unlike any other. The author, possessed of..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

How's Your Self of Steam?

See the future's swashbuckling past in the present this weekend!

"...is how we titled last week's blogpost about the steampunk improv show currently at Salvage Vanguard Theater...."

Jan. 18, 2012 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stickmen With Ray Guns

Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Steam

"..."Frankly, the heaviest guys in the Steampunk scene are not really all that into 'steam.' Instead,..."

April 29, 2011 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Our Time Machine

Stunning documentary about puppetry, art, Alzhiemer's, and a son's love

"...Mix some steampunk iconography with some lyrical elisions and emotions. Throw in..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Not Quite the Usual Holiday Gift Ideas

Something a little different for your loved ones this year

"...Steampunk: An Illustrated History By now even those unfamiliar with..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.

"...– or any combination thereof – somewhere a baby steampunk dies. That means we're down one future brass-accented zeppelin..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steam Versus Cyber at ArmadilloCon

Bruce Sterling joins this weekend's sci-fi/fantasy literary event

"...only 3D artist in attendance. Keeping in with the Steampunk theme that is so in vogue right now, there..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Brudniak: 'Noumenon'

Steve Brudniak's newest exhibition is thoroughly retro-futuristic, but don't use the "s" word to describe it

"...Steve Brudniak is "having to sort of fight the steampunk label," he says. Lest he be seen as other..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde's spirited comedy gets a breezy animated resurrection

"...story could probably do without Miranda Hart as a steampunk Ghostbuster), while Virginia absorbs a little Old World gentility...."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Poupelle of Chimney Town

Charming enviro-metaphor anime appeals to the outsider kid in us all

"...as a garbage human being? In gorgeous and tenderhearted steampunk action anime Poupelle of Chimney Town, it’s actually a..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Clockwork Girl

Animated steampunk romance for the kids

"...Not reviewed at press time. Steampunk animated musical adventure where the titular automaton must save..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review

Acceleration

Inept action flick marks the end of any possible Lundgrenaissance

"...scumbags, like high-tech smooth criminal Santos (Trejo) and his steampunk sidekick, while trying to get her own revenge on..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...plenty of film critics describe Mortal Engines as a steampunk Star Wars, and even that fails to do the..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Short and Sweet With Other Worlds Austin

Three micro-stories at the SF film fest

"...Pascal Thiebaux and producer Laurent Witz on the Oscar-winning, steampunk-influenced "Mr Hublot." That's when Thiebaux started the initial research..."

Dec. 3, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

April and the Extraordinary World

Animated French steampunk fantasy is delightfully imaginative

"...collective case of black lung. (See? I told you steampunk wasn’t a good idea.)..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Minions

The Minions have moved from background work to starring in their own animated movie

"...banana-colored, and clad in denim bib overalls and vaguely steampunk goggles, Minions don’t look like leading men. They don’t..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...palate, and definitely those of a Gothic leaning, French steampunk romance Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart may fit the..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'The Illustrated Geek Cookbook'

Kitchen Overlord wants to invade your kitchen shelves

"...nifty retro booze moments with books like Steamdrunks: 101 Steampunk Cocktails and Mixed Drinks and The Unauthorized True Blood..."

June 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Weird, Weird West

Giddings gets retro-futuristic for Weird West Fest

"...Steampunk is a genre that has been around for a..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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